Size variation in early human mandibles and molars from Klasies River, South Africa: Comparison with other middle and late pleistocene assemblages and with modern humans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-323

  Royer, Danielle F ^a   Lockwood, Charles A ^b   Scott, Jeremiah E ^c   Grine, Frederick E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Homo sapiens; Homo heidelbergensis; Homo neanderthalensis; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HUMAN; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PLEISTOCENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY SIZE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

EID: 70349132080     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21071     Document Type: Article

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